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JOCKEY · 198th BY BIG-RACE WINS

Davy Russell

33 wins in the world's richest races between 2004 and 2020, across 20 different races. The biggest is the Grand National, worth £1,000,000.

Rolls of honour are kept race by race, so a rider's big-race record only exists once every one of them on this site has been read and turned sideways.

BIG-RACE WINS 33
BIGGEST WIN £1.0m
RACES WON 20
FIRST AND LAST 2004 to 2020
COUNTRIES 2

When the wins came

33 wins from 2004 to 2020, in 2-year spells

Best spell: 2018-19, 8 wins

A list of winners sorted by date reads as one long run. Drawn, it has a shape: Davy Russell took 8 of these 33 in 2018-19 alone.

The races Davy Russell keeps winning

By number of wins

8 won more than once

Broadway Novices' Chase 3 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle 3 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase 3 BetMGM Cup 3 Pertemps Final 3 Grand National 2 Golden Miller Novices' Chase 2 Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase 2 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris 1 Cheltenham Gold Cup 1 Ryanair Chase 1 Aintree Hurdle 1

Every big race Davy Russell has won

33 winners, newest first

20 different races

Year Race Horse Trainer Country Worth
2020 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Envoi Allen Gordon Elliott Great Britain £150,000
2020 Golden Miller Novices' Chase Samcro Gordon Elliott Great Britain £125,000
2020 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Chosen Mate Gordon Elliott Great Britain £150,000
2019 Grand National Tiger Roll Gordon Elliott Great Britain £1,000,000£1.0m
2019 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris Carriacou Isabelle Pacault France £726,496
2019 Maghull Novices' Chase Ornua Henry de Bromhead Great Britain £120,000
2018 Broadway Novices' Chase Presenting Percy Patrick G Kelly Great Britain £200,000
2018 Grand National Tiger Roll Gordon Elliott Great Britain £1,000,000£1.0m
2018 Pertemps Final Delta Work Gordon Elliott Great Britain £100,000
2018 Ryanair Chase Balko des Flos Henry de Bromhead Great Britain £375,000
2018 Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase The Storyteller Gordon Elliott Great Britain £120,000
2017 Pertemps Final Presenting Percy Pat Kelly Great Britain £100,000
2017 Swinton Handicap Hurdle John Constable Evan Williams Great Britain £80,000
2016 BetMGM Cup Diamond King Gordon Elliott Great Britain £110,000
2016 Pertemps Final Mall Dini Pat Kelly Great Britain £100,000
2015 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle Windsor Park Dermot Weld Great Britain £150,000
2015 Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase Rivage d'Or Tony Martin Great Britain £75,000
2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup Lord Windermere Jim Culloty (IRE) Great Britain £646,880
2014 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Savello Tony Martin Great Britain £150,000
2014 Triumph Hurdle Tiger Roll Gordon Elliott Great Britain £150,000
2013 Broadway Novices' Chase Lord Windermere Jim Culloty Great Britain £200,000
2012 Golden Miller Novices' Chase Sir Des Champs Willie Mullins Great Britain £125,000
2012 Kempton Mares' Hurdle Knockfierna Charles Byrnes Great Britain £25,000
2011 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle First Lieutenant Mouse Morris Great Britain £150,000
2011 BetMGM Cup Carlito Brigante Gordon Elliott Great Britain £110,000
2010 Broadway Novices' Chase Weapon's Amnesty Charles Byrnes Great Britain £200,000
2009 Aintree Hurdle Solwhit Charles Byrnes Great Britain £250,000
2009 Spa Novices' Hurdle Weapon's Amnesty Charles Byrnes Great Britain £150,000
2008 BetMGM Cup Naiad du Misselot Ferdy Murphy Great Britain £110,000
2008 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Tiger Cry Arthur Moore Great Britain £150,000
2007 Festival Trophy Handicap Chase Joes Edge Ferdy Murphy Great Britain £150,000
2006 Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase Native Jack Philip Rothwell Great Britain £75,000
2004 International Hurdle Back in Front Edward O'Grady Great Britain £112,000

The figure on each row is what that race puts up today, which is the number that says how big a day it was. The prize itself goes to the owner and the jockey takes a percentage of it, set by the rules of the country the race is run in.

Where Davy Russell wins

2 countries

Country Wins Share Biggest race won there
Great Britain 32 97% Grand National
France 1 3% Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris

The riders either side

Ranked 198th of 216 on big-race wins

# Jockey Wins Races Span Biggest win
188 Noel Fehily 35 29 2004 to 2019 £450,000
189 Bauyrzhan Murzabayev 35 27 2017 to 2026 £555,556
190 Kerrin McEvoy 34 25 2000 to 2022 £10,582,011£10.6m
191 Don MacBeth 34 27 1971 to 1986 £5,493,600£5.5m
192 Andrea Atzeni 34 32 2012 to 2023 £4,511,278£4.5m
193 Christy Roche 34 18 1972 to 1998 £1,500,000£1.5m
194 Pat Taaffe 34 15 1953 to 1970 £1,000,000£1.0m
195 Noel Harris 34 17 1972 to 2014 £581,400
196 Ismael Valenzuela 33 22 1956 to 1974 £3,759,399£3.8m
197 Shaun Bridgmohan 33 31 1999 to 2019 £1,503,759£1.5m
199 Jamie Osborne 33 23 1989 to 1998 £400,000
200 Adrian Maguire 33 27 1991 to 2001 £646,880
201 Vincent Cheminaud 32 29 2013 to 2021 £1,282,051£1.3m
202 John Francome 32 21 1975 to 1985 £646,880
203 Peter Schiergen 32 23 1985 to 1996 £427,350
204 João Moreira 31 18 2014 to 2023 £4,511,278£4.5m
205 Earl Sande 31 15 1921 to 1930 £3,759,399£3.8m
206 Conn McCreary 31 21 1941 to 1958 £3,759,399£3.8m
207 Eibar Coa 31 22 1997 to 2010 £1,503,759£1.5m
208 Ted Durcan 31 28 2000 to 2013 £4,511,278£4.5m

Frequently asked questions

How many big races has Davy Russell won?

33, across 20 different races between 2004 and 2020. That is 198th of the 216 jockeys on this site.

What is the biggest race Davy Russell has won?

the Grand National, worth £1,000,000 and run in Great Britain. Davy Russell won it in 2019, 2018.

Which race has Davy Russell won most often?

the Broadway Novices' Chase, 3 times at Cheltenham Racecourse. 8 of these races have gone to Davy Russell more than once.

How much prize money has Davy Russell won?

The prize goes to the owner, and the jockey takes a percentage of it set by the rules of the country the race is run in. What this page holds is the races themselves: 33 wins, the biggest of them worth £1,000,000.

When did Davy Russell win these races?

Between 2004 and 2020. The busiest spell was 2018-19, with 8 of them.

Where to next

The races Davy Russell has won, and the riders around them

The races Davy Russell has won

The riders either side

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